From Cumbria to Devon, Britons woke up to a blanket of snow yesterday as an
unseasonable cold snap ensured that summer remains a distant prospect.

The England cricket team start the first Test of the season today, but
conditions 24 hours earlier were more suited to ice hockey. “It’s crazy,”
said Sheila Coates, who lives in Dartmoor National Park in Devon. “When I
went to bed last night, I couldn’t see out of my front window for the snow.
I’ve lived here all my life and I’ve never known weather like it at this
time of year.”